GARDENING 



carefully thinks over the various problems as they arise, 

 and, profiting by experience, does his best to avoid former 

 failures, will obtain a measure of success far exceeding 

 his expectations. To those who know anything about 

 the ordinary processes of growth and flower the plants 

 tell their own tale. They show when actively growing 

 the period when a reasonable amount of heat and moisture 

 is required, and, on the completion of growth of the de- 

 ciduous species and the turning yellow of the leaves, they 

 tell just as plainly when the resting period has arrived. 

 It is so in all the important stages of their existence. 



The extent of the present work having been determined 

 by others in the same series, the object has been to get 

 as much useful information into it as possible, to confine 

 the matter to practical subjects and to avoid repetition. 

 It has therefore been arranged in a series of chapters, each 

 dealing with an important matter, and available for reference 

 when any question on the subject crops up in another 

 portion of the book. Short notes follow on the principal 

 genera known in gardens, but the cultural remarks may 

 be supplemented by reference to the cultural chapters. 

 Anything like an enumeration of the more important species 

 could not be attempted. So also in the matter of hybrid 

 Orchids, the question is discussed in two chapters dealing 

 with the practical question of raising seedlings, but only 

 slight reference could be made to the species used in 

 hybridising or to the numerous hybrids themselves. 1 The 

 amateur who engages in Orchid culture and in the rais- 

 ing of seedlings will find that " practice makes master." 



1 Readers may be referred to List of Orchid Hybrids, published by F. Sander 

 and Sons. 



